Mariners announce streaming, cable tv plan for video games

SEATTLE — The Mariners introduced Thursday a brand new service to convey the workforce’s video games to followers on cable, streaming, and satellite tv for pc with out blackouts.

Mariners TV will substitute ROOT Sports, which shut down after the 2025 baseball season.

Fans will likely be able to stream games on Mariners.television for $99.99 for the entire season or $19.99 per 30 days.

Signups begin on Feb. 10 and will likely be accessible to residents of Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Alaska, Montana, and Hawaii.

Mariners followers exterior of these states will be capable of entry video games by way of the same old MLB.television.

Fans inside the Mariners regional viewing space have traditionally been blacked out of video games by way of MLB.television to keep away from conflicts with native tv suppliers.

Games may even proceed to be accessible by way of conventional cable and satellite tv for pc avenues.

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The Mariners mentioned particular data on suppliers and channels will likely be introduced as soon as confirmed earlier than the start of the season.

Distribution will shift to Major League Baseball’s Local Media in 2026, which has been operating some groups’ broadcasts since the division was created in 2023.

The Mariners mentioned in a press launch that the MLB will likely be answerable for producing the channel and negotiating carriage agreements with cable and satellite tv for pc suppliers.

Mariners announcers will proceed to be workforce workers, and the workforce will rent and oversee broadcasters and producers.

The Mariners introduced their broadcast workforce for the 2026 season on Tuesday.

The standard Aaron Goldsmith is returning because the lead tv announcer in his 14th season with the Mariners.

Rick Rizzs will lead the radio aspect in his ultimate yr alongside Gary Hill Jr.

Angie Mentink, Jay Buhner, Ryan Rowland-Smith, Dave Valle, and Brad Adam will all return as announcers.

MLB Local Media distributes broadcasts for the Padres, Diamondbacks, Rockies, Guardians, and Twins as of the 2025 season.

In latest years, Mariners video games have turn out to be tougher to look at. Comcast moved ROOT Sports to a higher-priced tier, and a direct-to-consumer app and web site solely grew to become accessible for the primary time final season for $19.99 per 30 days.

The solely option to watch Mariners video games on-line in 2025 was on the ROOT Sports app or FUBO. This grew to become a irritating actuality for the rising variety of cord-cutters who canceled their cable tv subscriptions.

In a 2024 interview, Mariners majority proprietor John Stanton acknowledged that subscriber numbers are approach down from a decade in the past, citing 3.3 million in 2014 to simply 1.2 million.

ROOT Sports had additionally struggled to supply programming exterior of Mariners video games and content material.

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The community held the rights to broadcast Seattle Kraken video games from the workforce’s inaugural 2021-2022 season till the tip of an settlement in 2024.

ROOT Sports additionally misplaced Portland Trail Blazers video games in 2024.